If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
如果一个人只希望幸福，这很容易实现；但我们希望比别人更幸福，这总是困难的，因为我们相信别人比他们实际更幸福。
Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
"The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties."
The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.
The best discoveries come when you're not afraid to break the rules.
金钱都是一种信仰问题。